The Pistons vs. The Mavericks

The 14-26 Pistons will host the 26-13 Mavericks for a MLK matinee at the Palace of Auburn Hills Monday afternoon.The Mavs have won five straight against the Pistons with Nowitzki averaging 29.0 points.

The Pistons, who have won the last 2 games haven’t strung three in a row since last April.

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Don’t worry bro. The Pistons controlled the whole game and got the biggest lead in the 4th. At the closing of the 3rd quarter i was sure it will be a piston win. Can’t believe we won 3 in a row! thanks to piston D especially Monroe’s 4 steals. SOmeday he will be the next Ben Wallace.

yes i was but if you look at his stats he putting up the same numbers. but the team is playing better right now also. stuckey can play either spot really well but right now hes at the 2. iv always said he is a pg but with his size he can be a 2 also.

One possible (and somewhat obvious reason) is to keep him away from a possible injury so that he’s up and in for any incoming trade. An injury now would mean going back to the drawing board for all teams included, and a non-playing Rip for even further in the Pistons rather than just the games he’s missing now. Team got 3 wins without him. I’m sad to see him like that, but right now, rotation’s working. You’ve got to admit that.

I think that’s true. Coach Q is not stupid to sit him as early as last week if there isn’t any agreement about this. There might be some sort of condition like the trade will only push through if we sit Rip the rest of the trade process.

I wish the Rip trade would go down so everyone can move on. Speaking of which, I would cut Ben Wallace right after trading Rip. He’s eating up minutes younger guys should be getting. If we get Petro in the Rip deal, keeping Ben makes absolutely no sense.

hopefully, this injury would also serve as a rest period for Ben. Greg monroe can start until after the all star break. After which Ben could return, hopefully rejuvinated, and we can still make a push for the 8th seed.

Update: Pistons did beat the Mavs this afternoon and played a great game. Rip Hamilton is one of my favorite players, but if the Nuggets deal goes thru with New Jersey that would re-unite Rip and Chauncey in the backcourt. I will miss Rip but that’s not a bad deal for him. He’s nearer to Coatesville, Pa(home), will get more playing time, be on a team with a very good big man (Brook Lopez), might (will) go further in the playoffs this year, and still will get his #32 jersey hanging at the Palace with the rest of the ’04 champs. If the deal goes south with Denver then they should not DNP-CD him. He deserves to play until they trade him to upgrade the front court.

I am enjoying this winning streak. I am not even sad to see rip sit. I was hoping for this last year when we got BG. I hope the trade happens and then we can worry about giving Moose the minutes he deserves.

i dont give a crap who sits and gets a DNP-CD as long as we are winning. we’ve won 3 of 4 with rip out and this new lineup. if it works oh well thanks for your time rip but your time is up. lets move on get some wins and turn this shit around. i dont know about you guys but im tired of them losing almost every game. GO PISTONS.